WTF Humanity?

SoNotHer · 11-17-2011, 11:06 PM

Oh, Jeez, Corkey. Lucky you...

This story has become a freefall. I'm actually grateful it won't go away, especially if it brings so much to light.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corkey

The DA who first was involved is now our Governor. He's a piece of tea party crap.

AtLast · 11-18-2011, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoNotHer

Oh, Jeez, Corkey. Lucky you...

This story has become a freefall. I'm actually grateful it won't go away, especially if it brings so much to light.

Yup! And I think this is going to blow the lid off of much more than child sex abuse as it unfolds. And it should because it is not only child sexual abuse predators that do the actual abuse- this issue is very much tied to power dynamics and politics- mainly patriarchal power politics. The Catholic Church is the prime example of this. And one would have to be stuck on stupid to not connect the dots with other patriarchal based institutions all around us that self-protect.

LeftWriteFemme · 11-27-2011, 07:28 PM

Is tap water causing gayness?

The mayor of a small town in Peru is concerned that mineral levels in the water could lead to an increase in homosexuality, LGBT Asylum News reports.

José Benítez, the mayor of Huarmey, a coastal town in the Ancash Region of Peru, made the comment at the launch of a local project designed to increase access to water.

The town of Huarmey is famed for its abundant shrimp and long beaches, but the mayor has become concerned it may gain a different sort of reputation due to high levels of strontium in the tap water.

The metal, he claimed, reduces male hormones and could cause an increase in homosexuality among the population.

The water comes from Tabalosos, a town which a Lima-based television station famously said in 2000 was inhabited by 14,000 exclusively-gay men.

The Tabalosina mayor, Jorge Luis Vasquez, said: “Young people have low self-esteem by this stigma”.

Dr. Robert Castro Rodriguez, the dean of the College of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Lima, told a radio station that strontium can cause bone cancer, anaemia and cardiovascular problems. A link with homosexuality has yet to be identified.

Dutch Leonard · 11-27-2011, 07:55 PM

This was a movie:

It's In The Water

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116661/

AtLast · 11-28-2011, 04:58 AM

Tue Nov 22, 2011 at 07:32 AM PST.

Penn State victim bullied out of school

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...-out-of-school

I posted this in the breaking news thread also- WTF, is right!

Nat · 02-20-2012, 06:49 AM

Venus007 · 02-20-2012, 09:24 AM

The thing that makes me nuts is this culture of fear that the media is pushing on us just to make us consume. It is insidious and horrible and has immobilized and filled with anxiety our culture so much that people are afraid to let their kids play outside or we are afraid to eat certain foods or god forbid have bodies not conforming to the holy flawed BMI paradigm. Disgusting, reprehensible, and all out irresponsible journalism and all to sell add time.

Sachita · 11-28-2011, 06:57 AM

with everything going on I am sadden by the commercialism with Christmas. I actually turned the TV off watching Black Friday incidents. I have been following a garage sale on Facebook to buy Mia toys, clothes and items for myself. I think it's great to do this because you help someone else and save money. Anyhow, I meet a girl to pick up a 5.00 block set for Mia. We chatted for a few moments, a young girl, maybe 26, and she was almost shaking. I asked her if she was ok and she literally broke down and started crying. I held her for a while until she stopped.

She was crying because she didn't have enough money to buy her kids toys for xmas. She started naming off toys that were easily 100.00 or more. She was upset because she thought she as a bad mother because of this and that she didn't want her kids feeling left out while other kids got expensive gifts.

WTF? Now this is just bullshit. It's gone too far and I wonder why we have slid so far away from core values. Who is to blame for this? parents? media? marketing?

I sat with her a while and talked about the gifts she could give her children is to teach them NOT to feed into this. To take them to some shelters, volunteer and help them to feel gratitude and pride. To give them the gift of love... all of your attention and joy. To be happy and grateful for the moments that go by so quickly.

Another day, not long ago I'm sitting in Sweet Frogs, a frozen yogurt place. There was a young mother with two small kids. As they sat there the whole time she was glued to her smart phone texting. If one of the kids moved or said anything she screamed at them. I admit that I had to fight hard to mind my own business.

here's one last WTF- our food safety is greatly at risk. There is research, facts and you don't need to know rocket science to see what is going on IF you chose to see it. Why so many americans chose to turn a blind eye is beyond me. Our society is more concerned about instant results rather then the long term. This will cost us all. Wake up!

SoNotHer · 11-28-2011, 10:54 AM

Buy local, buy fresh, grow your own as much as possible -

Can Soup and BPA

ENN: Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
From: Andy Soos, ENN
Published November 23, 2011 08:12 AM
Can Soup and BPA

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound with two phenol functional groups. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, along with other applications. As it has been known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008, after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days. The study is one of the first to quantify BPA levels in humans after ingestion of canned foods.

BPA has been known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008, after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A 2010 report from the United States Food and Drug Administration raised further concerns regarding exposure of fetuses, infants and young children. In September 2010, Canada became the first country to declare BPA a toxic substance. In the European Union and Canada, BPA use is banned in baby bottles.

World production capacity of this compound was 1 million tons in the 1980s, and more than 2.2 million tons in 2009. In 2003, U.S. consumption was 856,000 tons, 72% of which was used to make polycarbonate plastic and 21% going into epoxy resins. In the US, less than 5% of the BPA produced is used in food contact applications.

The findings were published online November 22, 2011, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and will appear in the November 23/30 print issue.

"Previous studies have linked elevated BPA levels with adverse health effects. The next step was to figure out how people are getting exposed to BPA. We’ve known for a while that drinking beverages that have been stored in certain hard plastics can increase the amount of BPA in your body. This study suggests that canned foods may be an even greater concern, especially given their wide use," said Jenny Carwile, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH and lead author of the study.

Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical BPA, used in the lining of metal food and beverage cans, has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and has been linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity in humans. In addition to the lining of food and beverage cans, BPA is also found in polycarbonate bottles and dentistry composites and sealants.

The researchers, led by Carwile and Karin Michels, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology, set out to quantify whether canned-soup consumption would increase urinary BPA concentrations relative to eating fresh soup.

They recruited student and staff volunteers from HSPH. One group consumed a 12-ounce serving of vegetarian canned soup each day for five days; another group consumed 12 ounces of vegetarian fresh soup (prepared without canned ingredients) daily for five days. After a two-day washout period, the groups reversed their assignments.

Urine samples of the 75 volunteers taken during the testing showed that consumption of a serving of canned soup daily was associated with a 1,221% increase in BPA compared to levels in urine collected after consumption of fresh soup.

The researchers note that the elevation in urinary BPA concentrations may be temporary and that further research is needed to quantify its duration.

"The magnitude of the rise in urinary BPA we observed after just one serving of soup was unexpected and may be of concern among individuals who regularly consume foods from cans or drink several canned beverages daily. It may be advisable for manufacturers to consider eliminating BPA from can linings," said Michels, senior author of the study.

http://www.enn.com/enn_original_news/article/43609

For further information: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/pre...-soup-bpa.html

AtLast · 11-28-2011, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoNotHer

Buy local, buy fresh, grow your own as much as possible -

Can Soup and BPA

ENN: Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
From: Andy Soos, ENN
Published November 23, 2011 08:12 AM
Can Soup and BPA

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound with two phenol functional groups. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, along with other applications. As it has been known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008, after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days. The study is one of the first to quantify BPA levels in humans after ingestion of canned foods.

BPA has been known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008, after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A 2010 report from the United States Food and Drug Administration raised further concerns regarding exposure of fetuses, infants and young children. In September 2010, Canada became the first country to declare BPA a toxic substance. In the European Union and Canada, BPA use is banned in baby bottles.

World production capacity of this compound was 1 million tons in the 1980s, and more than 2.2 million tons in 2009. In 2003, U.S. consumption was 856,000 tons, 72% of which was used to make polycarbonate plastic and 21% going into epoxy resins. In the US, less than 5% of the BPA produced is used in food contact applications.

The findings were published online November 22, 2011, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and will appear in the November 23/30 print issue.

"Previous studies have linked elevated BPA levels with adverse health effects. The next step was to figure out how people are getting exposed to BPA. We’ve known for a while that drinking beverages that have been stored in certain hard plastics can increase the amount of BPA in your body. This study suggests that canned foods may be an even greater concern, especially given their wide use," said Jenny Carwile, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH and lead author of the study.

Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical BPA, used in the lining of metal food and beverage cans, has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and has been linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity in humans. In addition to the lining of food and beverage cans, BPA is also found in polycarbonate bottles and dentistry composites and sealants.

The researchers, led by Carwile and Karin Michels, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology, set out to quantify whether canned-soup consumption would increase urinary BPA concentrations relative to eating fresh soup.

They recruited student and staff volunteers from HSPH. One group consumed a 12-ounce serving of vegetarian canned soup each day for five days; another group consumed 12 ounces of vegetarian fresh soup (prepared without canned ingredients) daily for five days. After a two-day washout period, the groups reversed their assignments.

Urine samples of the 75 volunteers taken during the testing showed that consumption of a serving of canned soup daily was associated with a 1,221% increase in BPA compared to levels in urine collected after consumption of fresh soup.

The researchers note that the elevation in urinary BPA concentrations may be temporary and that further research is needed to quantify its duration.

"The magnitude of the rise in urinary BPA we observed after just one serving of soup was unexpected and may be of concern among individuals who regularly consume foods from cans or drink several canned beverages daily. It may be advisable for manufacturers to consider eliminating BPA from can linings," said Michels, senior author of the study.

http://www.enn.com/enn_original_news/article/43609

For further information: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/pre...-soup-bpa.html

Thanks for posting this- I saw info on this last week. What came t mind is just how many people eat canned soups. Think about it- mostly people in economic straights because it is fairly cheap and many think the veggies in it are a good thing. Lots of poor people just don't have the kinds of kitchens or a freezer (even a fridge) to make homemade soups and store it. Then there is just the fast food way of life in the US even if people don't buy at chains.

The frozen entress as well as freeze-dried goods are not much better with all the preservatives and sodium in them. Again, they store more easily and people without kitchens so many just have a hot plate, a cooler and maybe a microwave) eat like this all of the time- many working poor stay in cheap hotels as shelter. Plus, look at what ends up in food bank drive bags.

I can't wait for Spring- the small, local farmer's markets will be back at least 2 days a week here. And I grow some veggies myself. But I think about how even these kinds of things are not really available for so many people that have lost so much during this very long recession.

Hollylane · 11-28-2011, 03:20 PM

Black Friday Death Spurs Outrage
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 9:15 AM PST Updated: Nov 28, 2011 9:15 AM PST

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - A Black Friday shopper who collapsed while shopping at a Target store in West Virginia went almost unnoticed as customers continued to hunt for bargain deals.

Walter Vance, the 61-year-old pharmacist, who reportedly suffered from a prior heart condition, later died in hospital, reports MSNBC.

Witnesses say some shoppers ignored and even walked over the man's body as they continued to shop, reports the New York Daily News.

Friends and co-workers saddened to learn of his death, expressed outrage over the way he was treated by shoppers.

"Where is the good Samaritan side of people?" Vance's co-worker Sue Compton told WSAZ-TV.

"How could you not notice someone was in trouble? I just don't understand if people didn't help what their reason was, other than greed because of a sale."

Gawker points out there is no legal obligation to come to someone's rescue, only a moral one.

While some news organizations say that no one helped the collapsed man, his wife refuted this report.

Lynne Vance said six nurses shopping in the store came to her husband's rescue and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, notes the Sunday Gazette Mail.

This wasn't the only incident to taint America's biggest shopping day.

While one customer sprayed fellow shoppers with pepper spray so she could snag a video game, another scenario involved an exhausted Target worker accidentally driving her car into a canal after working the Black Friday midnight shift.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some of the comments:

Laura

This is a prime example of today's me, me attitude. Shame on all those people and they know who they are, that saw - yet ignored, that walked over - without a pause, that thought that shopping for a holiday based on the life and teachings of Jesus was so much more important than a man's life at their feet. Shame, shame... this I'm sure will be in the ledgers of their life at their final judgement.

crikey

That's what America's come to ~ a pack of souless zombies out for themselves. And they wonder why we revere the 2nd Amendment....

Jessica

wonder what the shoppers were thinking, "hmm, what an odd place to take a nap..." or "jeez old people are always so slow!" people are naturally self centered, thank goodness for the wierdos like nurses who find service to e natural to them. really?

http://www.khq.com/story/16135793/black-friday-death-spurs-outrage

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wow. WTF Humanity??

Cin · 12-11-2011, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AtLast

Thanks for posting this- I saw info on this last week. What came t mind is just how many people eat canned soups. Think about it- mostly people in economic straights because it is fairly cheap and many think the veggies in it are a good thing.

Congress voted in October to have anything with two tablespoons of tomato sauce classified as a vegetable. Makes me feel better when I eat within my budget and find among the few things I can afford is BPA filled soup and tap water drunk out of BPA plastic bottles purchased at the dollar store. At least the on sale for $2.50 frozen pizza I can buy for $1.50 with my web saver coupon is a healthy choice.

DapperButch · 11-28-2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoNotHer

We’ve known for a while that drinking beverages that have been stored in certain hard plastics can increase the amount of BPA in your body.

Such as the bottle in the water cooler at your workplace.

As an aside, I saw an excellent documentary, "Tapped". Excellent film about water...tap water, spring, purified. It also talked about all of the environmental damage due to all the bottles. You can find it on netflix.

I plan to purchase a reverse osmosis system for my sink. I believe this to be the best option. This movie confirmed it.

SoNotHer · 11-28-2011, 09:33 PM

Which explains why the cooler talk may get crazy, lol. Yes, "Tapped" is a great documentary, and Blue Gold by Maude Barlow is a must read:

Quote:

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Such as the bottle in the water cooler at your workplace.

As an aside, I saw an excellent documentary, "Tapped". Excellent film about water...tap water, spring, purified. It also talked about all of the environmental damage due to all the bottles. You can find it on netflix.

I plan to purchase a reverse osmosis system for my sink. I believe this to be the best option. This movie confirmed it.

11-27-2011, 07:28 PM	#3
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11-28-2011, 06:57 AM	#8
Sachita Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Completely in love Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 3,225 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,564 Thanked 8,994 Times in 2,247 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	with everything going on I am sadden by the commercialism with Christmas. I actually turned the TV off watching Black Friday incidents. I have been following a garage sale on Facebook to buy Mia toys, clothes and items for myself. I think it's great to do this because you help someone else and save money. Anyhow, I meet a girl to pick up a 5.00 block set for Mia. We chatted for a few moments, a young girl, maybe 26, and she was almost shaking. I asked her if she was ok and she literally broke down and started crying. I held her for a while until she stopped. She was crying because she didn't have enough money to buy her kids toys for xmas. She started naming off toys that were easily 100.00 or more. She was upset because she thought she as a bad mother because of this and that she didn't want her kids feeling left out while other kids got expensive gifts. WTF? Now this is just bullshit. It's gone too far and I wonder why we have slid so far away from core values. Who is to blame for this? parents? media? marketing? I sat with her a while and talked about the gifts she could give her children is to teach them NOT to feed into this. To take them to some shelters, volunteer and help them to feel gratitude and pride. To give them the gift of love... all of your attention and joy. To be happy and grateful for the moments that go by so quickly. Another day, not long ago I'm sitting in Sweet Frogs, a frozen yogurt place. There was a young mother with two small kids. As they sat there the whole time she was glued to her smart phone texting. If one of the kids moved or said anything she screamed at them. I admit that I had to fight hard to mind my own business. here's one last WTF- our food safety is greatly at risk. There is research, facts and you don't need to know rocket science to see what is going on IF you chose to see it. Why so many americans chose to turn a blind eye is beyond me. Our society is more concerned about instant results rather then the long term. This will cost us all. Wake up! __________________ You either like me or you don't. It took me Twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don't have that kinda time to convince somebody else. ~ Daniel Franzese

11-28-2011, 10:54 AM	#9
SoNotHer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Professional Sandbagger and Jenga Zumba Instructor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: In the master control room of my world domination dreams Posts: 2,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 4,736 Times in 1,409 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	WTF - following on Sachita's post Buy local, buy fresh, grow your own as much as possible - Can Soup and BPA ENN: Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment From: Andy Soos, ENN Published November 23, 2011 08:12 AM Can Soup and BPA Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound with two phenol functional groups. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, along with other applications. As it has been known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008, after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days. The study is one of the first to quantify BPA levels in humans after ingestion of canned foods. BPA has been known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008, after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A 2010 report from the United States Food and Drug Administration raised further concerns regarding exposure of fetuses, infants and young children. In September 2010, Canada became the first country to declare BPA a toxic substance. In the European Union and Canada, BPA use is banned in baby bottles. World production capacity of this compound was 1 million tons in the 1980s, and more than 2.2 million tons in 2009. In 2003, U.S. consumption was 856,000 tons, 72% of which was used to make polycarbonate plastic and 21% going into epoxy resins. In the US, less than 5% of the BPA produced is used in food contact applications. The findings were published online November 22, 2011, in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and will appear in the November 23/30 print issue. "Previous studies have linked elevated BPA levels with adverse health effects. The next step was to figure out how people are getting exposed to BPA. We’ve known for a while that drinking beverages that have been stored in certain hard plastics can increase the amount of BPA in your body. This study suggests that canned foods may be an even greater concern, especially given their wide use," said Jenny Carwile, a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH and lead author of the study. Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical BPA, used in the lining of metal food and beverage cans, has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and has been linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity in humans. In addition to the lining of food and beverage cans, BPA is also found in polycarbonate bottles and dentistry composites and sealants. The researchers, led by Carwile and Karin Michels, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology, set out to quantify whether canned-soup consumption would increase urinary BPA concentrations relative to eating fresh soup. They recruited student and staff volunteers from HSPH. One group consumed a 12-ounce serving of vegetarian canned soup each day for five days; another group consumed 12 ounces of vegetarian fresh soup (prepared without canned ingredients) daily for five days. After a two-day washout period, the groups reversed their assignments. Urine samples of the 75 volunteers taken during the testing showed that consumption of a serving of canned soup daily was associated with a 1,221% increase in BPA compared to levels in urine collected after consumption of fresh soup. The researchers note that the elevation in urinary BPA concentrations may be temporary and that further research is needed to quantify its duration. "The magnitude of the rise in urinary BPA we observed after just one serving of soup was unexpected and may be of concern among individuals who regularly consume foods from cans or drink several canned beverages daily. It may be advisable for manufacturers to consider eliminating BPA from can linings," said Michels, senior author of the study. http://www.enn.com/enn_original_news/article/43609 For further information: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/pre...-soup-bpa.html

11-27-2011, 07:55 PM	#4
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11-28-2011, 03:20 PM	#11
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,359 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	I was directed to this by SNH via email.... Black Friday Death Spurs Outrage Posted: Nov 28, 2011 9:15 AM PST Updated: Nov 28, 2011 9:15 AM PST HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - A Black Friday shopper who collapsed while shopping at a Target store in West Virginia went almost unnoticed as customers continued to hunt for bargain deals. Walter Vance, the 61-year-old pharmacist, who reportedly suffered from a prior heart condition, later died in hospital, reports MSNBC. Witnesses say some shoppers ignored and even walked over the man's body as they continued to shop, reports the New York Daily News. Friends and co-workers saddened to learn of his death, expressed outrage over the way he was treated by shoppers. "Where is the good Samaritan side of people?" Vance's co-worker Sue Compton told WSAZ-TV. "How could you not notice someone was in trouble? I just don't understand if people didn't help what their reason was, other than greed because of a sale." Gawker points out there is no legal obligation to come to someone's rescue, only a moral one. While some news organizations say that no one helped the collapsed man, his wife refuted this report. Lynne Vance said six nurses shopping in the store came to her husband's rescue and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, notes the Sunday Gazette Mail. This wasn't the only incident to taint America's biggest shopping day. While one customer sprayed fellow shoppers with pepper spray so she could snag a video game, another scenario involved an exhausted Target worker accidentally driving her car into a canal after working the Black Friday midnight shift. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some of the comments: Laura This is a prime example of today's me, me attitude. Shame on all those people and they know who they are, that saw - yet ignored, that walked over - without a pause, that thought that shopping for a holiday based on the life and teachings of Jesus was so much more important than a man's life at their feet. Shame, shame... this I'm sure will be in the ledgers of their life at their final judgement. crikey That's what America's come to ~ a pack of souless zombies out for themselves. And they wonder why we revere the 2nd Amendment.... Jessica wonder what the shoppers were thinking, "hmm, what an odd place to take a nap..." or "jeez old people are always so slow!" people are naturally self centered, thank goodness for the wierdos like nurses who find service to e natural to them. really? http://www.khq.com/story/16135793/black-friday-death-spurs-outrage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow. WTF Humanity??